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Submission to the UNFCCC on the development of standardised baselines
The Transport Research Foundation has made a the submission on behalf of the Bridging the Gap Initiative with endorsement from the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) on "the modalities and procedures for the development of standardised baselines that are broadly applicable, while providing for a high level of environmental integrity and taking into account specific national circumstances". The submission provides recommendations for methods of standardisation which can help improve the efficiency, applicability and environmental integrity of CDM in the transport sector.
A city-wide approach to carbon finance (incl. transport)
Less than 1% of projects registered with the CDM are credited to cities, among which are two transport projects. In contrast to that, cities are recognized leaders in mitigating GHG emissions. However, there are numerous reasons for the limited experience of cities in developing carbon finance projects. In this recent publication of the World Bank's Carbon Finance Unit, a city-wide approach to carbon finance is outlined. It proposes expansion of the CDM's Programme of Activities approach to enable aggregation of city-based GHG mitigation reductions broadly covered by five sectors: energy, transport, solid waste, water and wastewater, and urban forestry. The approach presented in this document refers extensively to CDM methodologies and is limited in terms of the sector-specific non-CDM methodologies available to estimate emission reductions. However, this approach could help to make transport projects more interesting and it could be expanded to include innovative interventions and new methods to calculate emission reductions including new transport methodologies.
The full report is available free of charge on the website of the World Bank.
GTZ Module on "The CDM in the Transport Sector"
The Kyoto Protocol entered into force on February 16th 2005. The Protocol has as target to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and includes binding emission reduction com- mitments for Annex I countries (industrialized economies). The Protocol establishes three innovative "mechanisms" known as Joint Implemen- tation, the Clean Development Mechanism and Emissions Trading.
Sectoral Approaches to extendthe Carbon Market by Anja Wucke
On July 9th, 2009, GTZ hold a workshop on Transport and Climate Change in Hohenroda Germany. GTZ experts from many countries participated in the meeting that aimed at mainstreaming facts about transport and climate change and showed options for a post 2012 climate agreement.
The Clean Air Institute "Report and Strategy to Improve the Effectiveness of CDM to Foster Sustainable Transportation
Global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emis- sions are rising rapidly, and the transport sector is one of the largest and fastest growing GHG sources. For example, between 1990 and 2002, transport-related CO2 emissions doubled in China, Indonesia and South Korea, and further substantial increases are expected unless strong action is taken.
